Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-11-04
Household Hints.

| SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS REIAT
ING TO HOME MATTERs-UsEFUL RE
CEIPEs, ETC.
Keep saleratus in a glass bottle O
jar tightly corked.
Clean stoves when cold with stov,
polish mixed with alum water.
Warm salt water inhaled through
the nostrils will cure cold and catarrh
Whiting or ammonia in the water il
preferable to soap for cleaning win
dows or paint.
TO remove mildew: Soak and wasl
spots in sour milk and you will hav,
no trouble in removing the same.
The most cflectual remedy fol
Shiny and greasy drain pipes is cop
peras dissolved and left to work grad
ually through the pipes.
When the carpets have been
thoroughly swept, 60 over them with a
damp flannel mop; this will remove
all dust and brighten the colors.
Galvanized iron pals for drinking
water should not be used. The zinc
coating is readily acted upon by wa
ter, forming a poisonous oxide of zinc
When cream is scarce, milk should
be boiled for the coffee, or the yolk OF
an egg may be beaten and mixed with
a pint of raw milk. This is a good
substitute for cream for coffee.
The proper time for repairing
clothes is when they begin to tear
never drop any household matter be-
yond the time it ought to be attended
to. "a stitch in time saves nine"
and lessons expenses.
A kitchen store room where the
women folks could keep many of their
supplies and save themselves the time
and trouble of going down cellar or up
attic, would be a daily blessing to most
families.
A bag of hot salt or sand applied to
an aching face or limb is often a great
relief. The rubber bags that can be
filled with hot water and then screwed
up are also a great convenience, espe-
cially in sickness.
If people would go to only quarter
of the expense and trouble to keep
health as they do to retain health af-
ter it is lost, the doctors would lose an
immense amount of business, but the
wealth and happiness of the world
would be increased.
To remove paint and putty from
window glass, put sufficient salaratus
into hot water to make a strong solu-
ton, and with this saturate the paint
or putty which adheres to the glass.
Let it remain until nearly dry, then
rub with woolen cloth.
TO mend china ware: Into a solu-
ton of gum arabic stir plaster of paris
until the mixture assumes the con-
sistency of cream. Apply with a
brush to the broken edges and join
together. In three days the article
cannot be broken in the same place.
The whitness of the cement adds to
its value.
Hard soap will last much longer if
dried before using. 1t is much the
best economy to buy it by so or 100
pound box; then lay it up on shelves,
with a space for air between bars. A
bar of dried soap will last nearly as
long again as a fresh, soft one, and is
less hurtful to the skin in washing
with it.
A paste that will hold firmly, and
can be preserved for months in we'll
stopped bottle, is made by dissolving
q piece Of alum the size of a walnut
in pint of boiling water, to which
two teaspoonsful of flour, made smooth
in little cold water and few drops
of water is afterwards added, the mix
ture being then boiled.
To do up shirts, take two table
spoonsful of starch and one teaspoon
even full of powdered borax and dis
solve in one and onc-half cups of cold
water. The shirts must be previous
ly starched, and they must be per-
fectly dry. Dip the cuffs, collars,
bosoms and neckbands in the starch,
then roll up tight in a dry cloth, and
let them lie two hours. Then rub off
and iron. They will be like paste
board and have nice gloss.
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